South Azerbaijanis have historically been considered the country’s most loyal ethnolinguistic minority. Predominantly Shiite, with religion being the most important source of collective identity, Turkophone Azerbaijanis had until the 1920s provided numerous dynasties to the Persian thrones. The rise of nationalism in the 20th century gradually breached the image of South …

Tabriz, South Azerbaijan, Oct 25 One of the Iranian Government News Agency used the national flag of the South Azerbaijan National movement for covering the news about the rescue Iranian sailors by the Coast Guard of North Azerbaijan. The official news agency “Borna” affiliated to the Ministry of Sports and Youth …

Tabriz, South Azerbaijan, Oct 16 The non-Persian population like South Azerbaijan people in Iran geography has faced many problems that were accumulated even before the establishment of the Iran Islamic republic. The demands of the oppressed minorities surfaced immediately after the overthrow of the Shah regime in 1979. unfortunately, South Azerbaijan people witnessed …

Tabriz, South Azerbaijan, Aug 27 A group of South Azerbaijan National activists in Tabriz celebrated the memory of South Azerbaijani folk music master Hassan Damirchi on 24th of Aug 2018. National activists from all parts of South Azerbaijan, along with Mr. Hassan Damirchi’s family, commemorated the memory of this prominent …

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL 11 August 2018 Index: MDE 13/8889/2018 Amnesty International is calling on the Iranian authorities to immediately and unconditionally release activist Ebrahim Nouri, as well as anyone else still arbitrarily detained after the arrest of around 120 people in connection with two separate Azerbaijani Turkic cultural gatherings that took …

Tabriz, South Azerbaijan, Aug 3 According to Gunaz Tv (the official media of South Azerbaijan), Mr. Kiumars Islami the South Azerbaijan national and civil right activist was transferred to addicts and the thieves row by the order of the head of Mughan Prison. The South  Azerbaijani activist after the hunger strike has been …

Tabriz, South Azerbaijan, Aug 2 South Azerbaijani women announced their support for the Azerbaijani political prisoners with carrying banners on their hand. The South Azerbaijani national and civil right women in various parts of the city of Qosha-Chai have shown their protest against the Suppression policies of the Iranian regime …

Tabriz, South Azerbaijan, July 31 A video from a school in Turkey, in which the flag of the South Azerbaijan national movement was waved next to the flag of North Azerbaijan and Turkey. The video is being shared very fast by South Azerbaijani users in Social Media. On the building …

Tabriz, South Azerbaijan, July 26 “Jafar Rostami-Rad” the South Azerbaijan national activist has not released yet after 25 days of his arrestment. Mr. Jafar Rostami-rad was transferred to the general row of Evin Prison in Tehran. It should be noted that Many South Azerbaijani activists including Mr. Jafar Rostami-Rad have arrested …

Tabriz, South Azerbaijan, July 14 Mr. Abbas Lisani, a prominent Azerbaijani national activist, was released on bail from Tabriz Central Prison on Saturday, 14th July 2018. Abbas Lisani, the Azerbaijani national activist after 12 days of arrest, was released on bail of 50 million Tomans from Tabriz Central Prison. The …